The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-19

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ton. When Polly became certain thai
she was in no immediate danger from
panthers she showed an appreciation
for more stories.
Ibid you ever have Indians come t.
visit You. grandpa?" she said.
''Lots NV 'em, of n on, Polly. They
wuz all peaceable round there by that
time; they'd all been whipped till they
wuz good. Sides. they didn't live
near us. but out to'ards Sandusky n
Detroit and them places. n jist cum
round where we lived t be kinder 30
ciable like. guess. n see T they cud
find emmy thin better'n they he'd t
home. Used t ask fer vittles jist like
tn tramps do now, n specially fol
whisky. Injuns like t git drunk bet
tern emmy body t ever lived. do sup
pose. They don't drink because they
like whisky. but cause it'll make ZEN
drunk. One O. tn first Injuns I evel
see wuz named Running Wolf. n he
got wei acquainted comm rOun' SC
much till tn folks used ter cal
m Billy, cause he wuz 50 good
natured. n then they called 'em Billy
Wolf. First time he wuz at our house
reckin I'll never forgit. 1t 'uz in tn
fall. n tn same old sow l told We bout
had six young pigs. She waz tn only
SOW n all that settlement. n father
took sight o. care NV her. They wuz
lots O. acorns in tn woods n father
turn her out n set us boys t watch her
SOS she wouldn't run of. One day
me N Abe w keepin' an eye on tn old
SOW out a piece from tn house BY tn
side o. the path in tn woods-hadn't
no real roads. ye know. All to once
we saw N Injun comm along tn path.
We hid; didn't know much about In
juns, but wuzn't goin' t take emmy
chances. specially afore we wuz inter
duced. He come along 'thout seein'
US or tn old SOW either, but all to once
one o tn little pigs come swoopin'
down tn path n met tn Injun n
didn'thave no more sense n t stop n
look up in his face. Tn Injun stopped,
too, N looked 5 If he d met stranger.
Purity soon he seemed t make up his
mind 'twus q young 'possum r some
thin O. tibet kind-he'd never heard NV
a pig in all his life-'n he'd catch
it He spread out his blanket
kinder low like. n then made
big jump n throwed his blanket over
il, It'd been q rainin'. n the path uz
kinder slippery. N he jest sprawled
out full length over it. but he caught
fast Tn pig squealed. o course. n
the old sow-she w Sootin' round be-
hind big tree not ten feet of-jest
come tearin' out t see what w the
matter. Don't s'pose she'd ever seen
n Iniun afore, but it didn't make any
diffrunce. She made fer him full tilt,
her bristles all up n her eyes aHashin'.
n gnashin' her teeth an agruntin' like
hog does when it's awful mad. Tn
Injun got q glimpse NV her over his
shoulder fore she had her big tusks in
his blanket. n begun champin' her
teeth in it n tearin' away at it like one
possessed. You never saw a more sur
prised Teller in all your
born days. He jest Civ =
big grunt n sed. Ugh. big dew
il" N tried to roll over out O. her way.
But she he'd hold O. the blanket. n
kind o pulled the other way. n that
made it tighter round him n the pig.
too. n the pig squealed louder N ever.
n tn old SOW jist hactully got frantic
after him. He got half way up when
she made another charge on him n al
most upset him, N, bein' he werz on
the edge ov little bank. he Jest tum-
bled plum over backwards. n KEEP roll
in on down till he landed kerswash
into deep hole in the little creek be-
low. His head went down first,
n heels stuck up straight in tn air. BY
that time he'd let loose O. tn pig, n tibet
stopped squealin' n run up tn bank to
its mother. She stopped when she see
it uz safe, n stood there . snortin' N
a gruntin' n champin' her teeth for
a mint after she trotted back after
acorns n tn other pigs. Abe n med
been so excited over it all t we'd for
got t keep hid, n by tn time tn Injun
got right side up n stood up in tn
water n looked after tn sow we wuz
standin' there in pla sight It'd all
happened so blamed quick t he didn't
seem t understan' it at first, n looked
so comical t we both laughed out loud.
That kinder seemed t bring him to his
senses n he wuz the most embarrassed
1njun you ever saw. He waded out, n
ez We seen he had no gun We didn't
feel much afraid, n SO we waited for
him. He come up to US n finally
managed t make US know t he
thought it wuz only a new breed o
possum. ez 1 sed. n We got right
sociable fore long. n took him home
n let him stand afore the fire n dry of
n give him somethin' Z eat He come
round often after that, but he never
went near tn pig-pen or tn old SOW"
why. grandpa" said Polly. don't
Indians have pigs?"
Not one. Polly; not one-'xcept
themselves. They're pigs. least used
t think so after I got right we'll
acquainted with EN-" - Cincinnati
Enquirer.
There is bad coon in Broekville,
Can. 1t recently attacked . sow with
a litter Of pigs She fought him of as